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An Old Maids Suicide.

NIAGARA FALLS, Dec. 5.-The body of
a woman was found on the edge of the
precipice on the Canada side a few days
ago. There was a bullet hole in her head
and a revolver was clasped tightly in her
right hand. The remains were yesterday
identified as those Of Miss Caroline Leav-
enworth, a very eccentric maiden lady of
C~ataraugus county. She had lived here
fifteen years and was the daughter of a
former distinguished physician. In her
youth she was engaged to be married to a
man who is now a prominent and wealthy
resident of Dunkirk. Obstacles to the
marriage arose, she mourned secretly for
a time and then turned %recluse. She
never lacked money, and the belief has
been that it was provided from the long
purse of her former lover. She seldom
allowed anyone to enter her house, and it
was known that she slept in an iron bound
apartment, locked as tightly as IA safe at
night, She was never without a small
hand satchel, and carried a revolver in
her breast. She made no one her conf
dant, and her life was Il complete secret
save for the romantic incident of her
youth. Last spring she went away for a
fortnight to Canada. After her return
she sold all her stuff at a ridiculously low
figure and left again. 1t was suspected
at the time she was sending money to aid
a worthless and drunken brother VINO lives
10 Chicago.
, 1887-12-06
Prohibition Wins the Day.

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a very impor-
tant decision, and one likely to be far
reaching in its consequences, was rendered
in the supreme court to-day in the So
called Kansas Prohibition cases of Mugler
of Kansas against Zeibold and others.
The judgment Of the court was
pronounced in a long and
against the state of Kansas and the state
elaborate opinion by Justice Harlan, who
said: The general qestion in each case
is whether the prohibition statutes of
Kansas are in conflict with that of the
IA h amendment, which provides that no
state shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunities
OF the citizens of the United States. nor
shall any state deprive any persons ofGfe,
liberty or property without due process Of
law"
Mugler, the plaintiff in error, the court
holds has not been denied by the judg-
lnents of the supreme court of Kansas, of
any right, privilege or immunity secured
to him by the constitution of the United
States. and its judgment in each case is
accordingly affirmed. We are also of the
opinion that the circuit court of the
United States erred in dismissing the bill
of the state in its suit against Zeibold 4
Hagclin. The decree in that case is re
versed and the cause remanded with di-
rection to either decree granting to the
state such relief as the act of March I,
1885, authorizes.
, 1887-12-06
A Terrible Cash.

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 5.-Andrew Rus
sell, an employe of the Union depot, mar
rowly escaped death Saturday night in the
saloon and hotel boarding house known
as the Gulf house, kept by Matthew Muir
ply at St. Louis avenue and Hickory
street. He entered the place and asked
Murphy to trust him for a drink, which
the latter refused to do. Hot words fol.
lowed in which McNally participated.
The trouble finally narrowed down to Rus.
sell and McNally. and the latter at length
drew a knife. Russell fell back and threw
up his hands, when McNally rushed upon
him and dealt him a savage Iunge on the
left side of the neck. Russell staggered
from the hotel, with blood streaming from
his wound, and made his way to Unior
avenue, where he was found this morning
by Officer Nichols. The policeman al
once t~elephoned for the patrol wagon anC
Russell was taken to the Central police
station, where he was attended by DR..
Henderson. The cut began on the LEFT
side of the face and extended around half
way across, under the lower Jaw. Two
arteries were severed and the iuguIar vein
lacerated. Had medical aid been delayed
only a few minutes longer he would have
bled to death.
, 1887-12-06
Land Entries Thrown Out.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Secretary
Lamar has affirmed the decision of the
commissioner Of the general land office in
the matter of the entries of Adolphus
Peterson aud John Carlson, of certain
coal lands in the Pueblo land district. 1t
appears taat the lands in question were
subsequently set aside because they were
discovered to be coal lands. Peterson and
Carlson thereupon entered the lands as
coal lands, paying $50 per acre, and i'm
mediately thereafter conveyed them to
the TriUidad Coal and Coke company
These men were employees of the said
company, which furnished the money to
pay for the laads, and the said convey
auce was made under an agreement to
C nvey as soon as the entries were made.
The secretary holds that while the en-
tries in question were nomina lily made by
Peterson and Carlson, they were to all in
tents and purposes made by the Trinidad
Coal and Coke company, and are there
fore in c%ontTaveution of the statutes.
The entries are therefore held for cancel
latIOn.
, 1887-12-06
waste of Tr-su without Repair.

Vigor begins to decline when dyspepsia
invades the stomach. The disease, pro
longed through neglect, entails prievous
loss of flesh and serious waste of the
muscular tissue. To invigorate thoroughly
and speedily, a sound stomachlc is re
quired. There is none comparable TO
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, since it in
s%titutes, and if continued, perpetuates q
repair of the tissues, which have declined
in bulk, vigor and 81 ,sticity in conse-
quence of non assimilation of the food.
No time should be lost in beginning the
reparative process, nor should there be
any delay in removing those ailments of
the stomach and nerves, viz: consultation
and liver complaint, disorders which the
Bitters will assuredlY e~xtinguish. 1t also
remedies and prevents malarial and kid
neY troubles, and is a prime auxiliary in
the recovery of strength for convalescents
from wasting dis ase.
, 1887-12-06
10 Purify the Order.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-The provis
ional committee representing the knights
of Labor who are dissatisfied with the
general management of the order, have
issued a circular to the members ofthe or
der. After asserting that abuses have
crept into the administration of affairs
through a ring, which, by the most ques-
tionable means has got control of the or.
der. it the necessity for a re
construction of the machinery OF the or
der, while holding fast to its principles.
Among the methods OF publication sug,
gested are the preservation of the anton.
omy of trades; limitations of the powers
Of general officers, the avoidance of
strikes, and the encouragement ofpolitical
action to advance the interests Of the order.
, 1887-12-06
The Markets-stock and Cattle.

The Markets-Stocks and Cattle.
New York. Dec. a.-The stock mar
ket was firm to strong and fairly active.
With the exception of a reaction toward
noon. occasioned by an attack upon coal
stocks induced by Washington advices
hat the president would recommend the
the placing of coal and iron on the free
list and the settlement of the French
presidential crisis, induced a more conf
dent feeling among foreign investors. The
close was fairly active and strong, gener
ally at a small decline from the highest
figures.
Governments dull and steady. Min
ing shares dull. Money 4396 per
cent.
Petroleum opened firm at II and
advanced to 77s. This carried the price
down to ISL, and this was followed by a
rally. The market closed strong at TGs.
Sales. 1873, 900 barrels.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. l19; American Express,
l09; Canada Pacific, 54S; Canada South
ern, 81; Central Pacific, so; Burlington,
1898; Delaware, L~lgktwanna, 1909; Den
yer & Rio Granlc, 223; Erie, got; Lake
Shore, 954; Louisville 4 Nashville, 62b;
Michigan Central, IS; Kansas & Texas,
l9!; New York Crntrrl, 1881; Northern
Pacific, 22@; preferred, 47S; Northwest.
ern, 1898: Oregon Improvement, 40;
Navigation. SS; Iranscontinental, 20};
Pacific Mail, -; Panama, =; Rock
Island, ll3; Milwaukee & St. Paul.
79t; Texas Pacific, 264; Union Pacific,
sol; United States Express, IS; Fargo,
30; Western Union, 70.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Cattle-Receipts,
10000; market steady; good to choice
strong; beef steers, 81 S0(04.20; stock
ers and feeders, 81. 75@3.00; Texas
cattle 81. 5093.0 90.
Shecp-Receipos 5000; market active
and I0@l5c, higher; natives, $4,000
$50; Western, So. l0(94.l5 !; Texans,
81. $500 so.
Wheat-Market lower. Cash, rs 7-l6;
January rs 10 10; May $50.
, 1887-12-06
A Wayward Bows Fortune.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-1he effort
to find Young Dewey Ensign. The boy
whose father died several months ago,
leaving him a fortune of $35, 900 IN the
event of his return to his mother in time
to be present at the opening of his will
on February 5 next, have been crowned
by success. Young Ensign's case was
one Of peculiar interest. The boys
father was worth so, 600, and the lad
himself was a maynard youth, who rather
than stay with his parents and 90 to
school ran away last June. This angered
his father, who upon his deathhed made
a will bequeathing half of his fortune to
his wife and stipulating that the will
should not be opened until February 5,
1883, at which time if his son was not
present the other $35, 900 should be given
to his nephew, and his son cut off with
out a cent. Ever since he left home En-
sign had earned a living by working on
ranches, and Tor a number of months was
employed on a ranch in Nebraska. He
Is an ilIiterate fellow and during that time
never once read a newspaper. Finally he
became discontinued with his position and
resolved to return to the Pacific coast.
tie had proceeded as far as Chico, Neb =,
and was in the depot there awaiting a
train when he picked up a paper which
mad an article with his name at the head
Of 1t. He there read the facts of his
lather,s death and will, and FASTENED
On as far as his limited means would take
nlm. He had no money and beat his way
oyer the road. When the conductor was
o%odurate he explained his case and ire
quently his argument prevailed and he
was permitted to ride. He reached the
glty last Tuesday but was unable to find
ms mother, who had meanwhile moved,
Until 1l to day. Mrs. Ensign and her son
WI go to Los Angeles tot visit some
trends and then take steps to get the for
tune that awaits them.
FERRIS MOVES HOUs Es
206 Efteentb s,roo
, 1887-12-06
T~ELEGRAPHIc BREvITIEs.

Tin dropped heavily and copper advan.
ced 20 points.
Lord Lyons, whose serious illness was
announced recently, is dead, in London.
The Hadgson commission company
failed at Cincinnati. Liabilities 800 600:
Assets SAC, 200.
The newspapers of St. Petersburg ap
prove of the election of NJ. Sadi Carnot
as president of France.
A telegram to tie New York World
says the presidents message will be de
voted exclusively to considering the tariff
question.
All Austrian and Hungarian subjects
employed in the Russian provinces Dor
dering on Galicia and Bukoviua have
been ordered to Quit Russian territory be-
fore January 10.
, 1887-12-06
No Committees Until Christmas


WASHINGTON, Dec. Sit has been
customary to devote one day of the first
week of the session to the introduction of
bills, but many Of the4most experienced
congressman are of the opinion that it
should be abolished, and probably an
effort will be made to prevent the intro
duction of bills until Speaker Carlisle
shall have announced his committee ap-
pointments. The speaker has already
begun to sketch out the organization, but
owing to the close division of the new
house on party lines, and the large NUN
Der of new and untried members, it is
probable that the work of selecting the
committees will occupy Speaker Carlisle's
time nearly up to Christmas. Meanwhile
no Legislative business of Importance can
be done.
A strong effort will be made to have a
rule adopted to prohibit the introduction
of private bills in open house and require
that all measures shall reach their appro-
pirate committees through the medium Of
the petition box. This would effect a
saving of time to the house and expense
to the government. At present 1000
copies are printed of every bill intro
duced and should the proposed rule be
adopted no private bill will be printed until
it is acted upon by a committee and re-
ported to the house for consideration.
, 1887-12-06
For Electric Lighting.

Fort COLLINS, Colo, Dec. j-The
contracts for erecting the buildings for the
new electric light plaut have been let, and
the work of setting the poles for the
wires is progressing rapidly. The city will
encourage the enterprise by paying fer
about a dozen arc lights, to be used in
lighting the principal thor~oughfures.
, 1887-12-06

Fort COLLINS, Colo, Dec. 5.-Tene-
ment houses have never before in the his
tory of this city been so scarce, in proper
tion to the demand. The poorest excuse
for a house is eagerly taken, and every de-
sirable place OF residence about to be va
Gated attracts numerous applicants.
, 1887-12-06

the support of but three members,
Brumm, Nichols and Smith of Wisconsin.
Cam MS resolution was defeated, and
that offered by Cox adopted without divis-
ion. The officers elected then appeared
and qualified.
A committee consisting OF Cox, Randall
and Cannon was appointed to wait upon
the president and to him that
the house was organized and ready to re-
ceive any communication he should see
fit to make. Then the members were re
quested to retire behind the semi circle OF
desks and the lottery for seats was begun.
When this was concluded the house adj
iourned.
, 1887-12-06

assembled and for the appointment of a
committee of two senators to join a like
committee of the house and inform
the president that quorums of both houses
had assembled, and that congres was
ready to receive any communication he
might be pleased to make. Morrill, and
Morgan were appointed such committee
on the part Of the senate, which then ad-
iourned.
, 1887-12-06
WEATHER

Meteorological reports received at Cheyenne
on. Dec. 5, 1887, at s p. nj. local time. ObSerYa-
lions taken at the same moment of time at all
stations.
, 1887-12-06

70. Archives & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo
, 1887-12-06

FERRIS MOVES HOus Es
96 Fifteenth street
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beautiful and poetic tint to the pages
of history as far back as record and
and recollection reach. We read of
civil feuds between Cloths and Wand
ais and Jutes that were reconciled in
alliances more firm and lasting than
former unions. In proud Englands
ensign, the Red Rose and the White
Rose were interviewer into one en-
blem, but as if to remind him thst
his name is stepped in eternal dishon-
or, boon is conferred on survivals of
Americas Civil War which does
not recognize the Southern soldier,
which discriminaues between citizens
who dwell together beneath the folds
of the glorious ''stars and stripes"
and which reminds us that might does
not regard right" ard that magma
ninity and justice may be and have
been subordinated to sectional intoler-
ance and partizan prejudice.
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A negro woman in Durham county
killed her husband with an axe last
week.
The Franklinton Weekly suspended
publication last week because it was
not properly supported. The people
Of Franklinton are in their own light.
There are over one hundred hands
employed in the lumber business in
this city, outside of spoke and handle
factories. Lumber here is large in
terest.-Gr Greensboro Ne,cs.
A meeting of the colered men of
Charlotte was held at the Mayors of.
flee few days ago for the purpose of
organizing colored military company
About SO names have already been
enrolled as members.
Several families in one part of the
city have been annoyed by the sale to
them of rotten oysters. Nothing can
be more censurable in trade. A de-
cayed oyster is loaded with death.
Cannot this traffic be stopped ?-WI-
mingtom Star.
Henry Motsinger an aged citizen of
Davidson county, committed suicide
by hanging himself by the neck, to a
beam in his barn with chain, troub-
lie at the loss of his wife, and brooding
over the subject of religion is said to
be the cause.
At or near Browns ID Roads in
Randolph county, one York, white
man, hired negro to set fire to the
barn of William Brown, Esq. The
negro was caught and confessed. Two
good horses persisted in the fire. A lot
of feed, farming utensils, etc, were
also among Mr.. Browns losses.
Yesterday evening while Charlie
Mendenhall, six year old son of Mr.
Jabez Mendenhall, and another lad
named Ed. Barker, were playing with
blank cartridge it was exploded and
piece of the copper shell few up
and hit Charlie in the eye, inficiing
an ugly, if not a dangerous wound.
DR.. Beall, the attending physician,
says the lad will certainly loose the
sight of an eye, with chance of more
serious consequence.
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THE National Council of the Nat
ional Union League has passed reso-
lutions to break the Solid South. Eff
forts will be made in West Virginia,
Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and
Alabama, where the preamble sets
forth ''The majority of the people
were loyal during the war;" The
Council is not aware that a chronic
lombard has been carried on ever
since the war to perform this very feat
of breaking the "Solid South" but
they have never thrown bomb that
could do the work, from Jim Blaine
down, and new Jim is "busted" it is
not likely they ever will. Furthermore
the "Solid South is probably much
better prepared now to repeel an on
slaught than she was during the war.
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THE REASON Why.

s~ V you receiue thus copy Of The
Weekly Sentinel aoithoat having order
ed 1t, you will understand that your
name has been given us as a soide-aaOake
representative citizen of your section
,Uho sooaLd be likely to asd a soorthy
newspaper IN reaching the intelligent
readers of has county, and of the entire
State.
We ask at your hands q careful IN
spection of the paper, and ,ohea you
haze done so, hand this copy to your
seighber and then see If you cunt get
US up club of subscribers IN your
neighborhood.
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A BILL has passed the Senate ap-
propriating pension Of SO per
month to ex- confederate soldiers who
lost an arm or leg in the Civil War.
1t will now be in order for the Repub-
ican party and press to raise the reg
ular howl. When it comes to pension
ing Union soldiers they pour on the
millions like water through a rat hole
and there never seems to be any limit
to the hosts of objects they find on
which to lavish their stupendous
philanthropy. But to these benefac-
tors the idea of pensioning a poor,
beaten Rebel is sacrilege. They have
failed to appreciate and to practice
that grand chivalry which gives a
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NORTH CAROLINA,
IN FoRsrrH County. In Superior Court.
R. B. Kerner, Admir- of R. D. Hay,)
Mrs. S. R. Hay and others.
The Defendants, R. L. Potts, w. L. Harvey
and Mrs. Rosa 3. Harvey will take notice. that
an action entitled as above, has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Forsyth County: and
the said Defe Idants will further take notice
that they are required to appear and answer at
the Court House in Winston, before the Clerk
of said Court, on the Goth day of March, 1887,
and answer demur to the complaint in said
action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said complaint.
This End day of February, 1887.
C. s. HAUSER, C. s. C.
GLENN GLENN, Attys of Forsyth County.
for Plt'ff 6-6w
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during the last week or two in order to
get through work and not overstay
their time was praise-worthy. The
average of the business transacted has
not been of momentous Importance
and much time has been devoted to
minor and insignificant measures.
Some bills of a more important and
revolutionary character have passed,
however which will make very mater
ial changes in the past order of things.
and altogether the present Legislature
steps down and out with the most in
teresting and remarkable record
known.
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ABOUT ADVERTISING.

ABOUT ADVERTISING.
There is nothing SO little under
stood as the value Of an advertisement.
The value il almost Invariably in pro-
portion to the circulation given it.
The object Of the advertiser is to make
his business known az. extensively as
possible among those whose patronage
he solicits. If one paper makes that
business known to FIVE hundred read
ers, and another to five thousand, the
latter is worth to the advertiser just
ten times as much az the former and
get q very large majority of advertis-
ers don't know one difference, and i'm
agine they save money by getting the
cheapest advertising. There is another
matter just as little understood; we
mean the cost of the advertisement to
the publisher. That cost is nearly in
proportion to the circulation. This
cost consists in composition, in press
work, in paper, in mailing, IN wear
and tear OF type, press, &c. The first
item is much the smallest, for an adj
vertisement to continue any length of
time, and the cost of this is Just the
same, no matter what the circulation.
But all the other items, constituting,
generally, mere than nine-tenths of
the whole cost, increase fast in pro-
portion to the circulation. That is,
one paper having ten times the circu-
lation of another has to pay about ten
times as much for press work, paper
work of mailing, and wear and tear OF
material, and were the two papers to
charge the same for the same adver.
tisement, the more largely circulated
paper would lose money by the opera
ton, while the other would make large
profit. The SENTINEL's charges are
in proportion to its circulation.
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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF.

Senator Vance voted against confirming
Trotter. The question of female SUFFRAGE
will be submitted to the people of Rhode Is
7and......There is much neglect and suffering
among the people in Italy who are camping
out on account of the earthquake -. Germany
is now drilling 121 900 reserves recently called
OUT. Extensive incendiary fires last week in
the neighborhood of Limerick, Ireland, caused
great excitement......A Congressional party
composed Of Senators Ransom, Sherman, Man
derson Palmer, Aldrich and others left Wash
ington few days since for Havana, Cuba, via
the Atlantic Coast Line and West India Fast
nail train. The Hudson FIGURING mills in
Wisconsin burned; loss $1OO, OeO. The Bull
garian government has documentry proof that
the Russian Minister at Eucharist was at the
head of the Bulgarian conspiracy ......At Win
ona, Miss, Alex. Crawford, a negro murderer,
was taken from Jail and hanged by mob -
The cotton seed oil company to compete with
the Standard Oil Co., has been organized; CAPT.
tai S., 000.000; mills are to be erec4ed at the
chief cotton centres of the South, with refiner-
les at Philadelphia and other places. River
pirates and outlaws on the Mississippi river
have robbed and murdered number of labor
ers employed on the Mississippi river levees.
......Charleston had slight earthquake vista
ton Friday morning at half past two.....
Lynchburg had heavy storm of snow Satur-
day......nf the Presidents nominations five
were rejected and forty-one were left Enacted
upon by the Senate .Six new cases of choi-
era and four deaths in the last twenfy-four
hours at Catania, Sicily......A colliery explos-
ion in Belgium caused the death of one humid
red and forty-four persons; the victims died
from suffocation.. Gov. Perry, of Florida has
appointed Gen. ]. J. Finley to succeed Senator
Jones after 4th March,. Ex-Governor Billy
Smith, now in his s9th year, is seriously i'll at
his home in Warrenton, va.....By a fire in
New York recently an old negro woman and
heradepted daughter were burned to DEATH